US20190027765A1 - Fuelconnector system - Google Patents

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US20190027765A1
US20190027765A1 US16/070,971 US201716070971A US2019027765A1 US 20190027765 A1 US20190027765 A1 US 20190027765A1 US 201716070971 A US201716070971 A US 201716070971A US 2019027765 A1 US2019027765 A1 US 2019027765A1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16L—PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16L21/00—Joints with sleeve or socket
    • F16L21/02—Joints with sleeve or socket with elastic sealing rings between pipe and sleeve or between pipe and socket, e.g. with rolling or other prefabricated profiled rings
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01M—PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M8/00—Fuel cells; Manufacture thereof
    • H01M8/04—Auxiliary arrangements, e.g. for control of pressure or for circulation of fluids
    • H01M8/04082—Arrangements for control of reactant parameters, e.g. pressure or concentration
    • H01M8/04201—Reactant storage and supply, e.g. means for feeding, pipes
    • H01M8/04208—Cartridges, cryogenic media or cryogenic reservoirs
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16L—PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16L21/00—Joints with sleeve or socket
    • F16L21/02—Joints with sleeve or socket with elastic sealing rings between pipe and sleeve or between pipe and socket, e.g. with rolling or other prefabricated profiled rings
    • F16L21/035—Joints with sleeve or socket with elastic sealing rings between pipe and sleeve or between pipe and socket, e.g. with rolling or other prefabricated profiled rings placed around the spigot end before connection
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16L—PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16L21/00—Joints with sleeve or socket
    • F16L21/02—Joints with sleeve or socket with elastic sealing rings between pipe and sleeve or between pipe and socket, e.g. with rolling or other prefabricated profiled rings
    • F16L21/05—Joints with sleeve or socket with elastic sealing rings between pipe and sleeve or between pipe and socket, e.g. with rolling or other prefabricated profiled rings comprising a first ring being placed on a male part and a second ring in the sleeve or socket
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16L—PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16L37/00—Couplings of the quick-acting type
    • F16L37/02—Couplings of the quick-acting type in which the connection is maintained only by friction of the parts being joined
    • F16L37/04—Couplings of the quick-acting type in which the connection is maintained only by friction of the parts being joined with an elastic outer part pressing against an inner part by reason of its elasticity
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01M—PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M8/00—Fuel cells; Manufacture thereof
    • H01M8/04—Auxiliary arrangements, e.g. for control of pressure or for circulation of fluids
    • H01M8/04082—Arrangements for control of reactant parameters, e.g. pressure or concentration
    • H01M8/04201—Reactant storage and supply, e.g. means for feeding, pipes
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16L—PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16L21/00—Joints with sleeve or socket
    • F16L21/02—Joints with sleeve or socket with elastic sealing rings between pipe and sleeve or between pipe and socket, e.g. with rolling or other prefabricated profiled rings
    • F16L21/03—Joints with sleeve or socket with elastic sealing rings between pipe and sleeve or between pipe and socket, e.g. with rolling or other prefabricated profiled rings placed in the socket before connection
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E60/00—Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
    • Y02E60/30—Hydrogen technology
    • Y02E60/50—Fuel cells

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  • the present invention relates to connector systems for coupling one fluid conduit to another conduit in a fluid-tight manner.
  • Many connector systems comprise a female part and a male part which are brought into mating connection and an O-ring seal on one of the parts seals against a corresponding surface of the other part to provide a fluid-tight connection.
  • Hydrogen gas comprises extremely small molecules which very readily leak past any small defect in an O-ring seal where it meets the mating surface. Maintaining an O-ring sealing surface in good condition is most important for keeping such hydrogen connector systems leak-tight.
  • connector systems where the connector parts are repeatedly connected and disconnected, there is a repeated risk of damage occurring to the O-ring seal each time the male connector part is slid into the female connector part.
  • the very action of insertion and removal of the male connector part may cause scratches or other damage to the O-ring along the axis of insertion and removal. This, in itself, can result in any scratch traversing the full width, or substantial part thereof, of the O-ring sealing surface with the result that hydrogen is able to leak past the O-ring seal.
  • the invention provides a connector system for coupling one fluid conduit to another fluid conduit comprising:
  • the first connector element may be a female connector component and the mating surface may comprise an internal bore of the female connector component.
  • the mating surface may comprise a first cylindrical portion having a first diameter and a second cylindrical portion having a second diameter different from the first diameter.
  • the first peripheral seal may lie on the first cylindrical portion and the second peripheral seal may lie on the second cylindrical portion.
  • the first and second peripheral seals may each lie partially within a recess in the mating surface to maintain an axial position of the seal.
  • the connector system may further include a second connector element comprising a male connector component having a mating surface comprising an external surface of the male connector component.
  • the male connector component mating surface may comprise first and second cylindrical portions respectively configured to engage with the first and second peripheral seals of the female connector component.
  • the mating surface of the male connector component may comprise a transition portion disposed between the second and first cylindrical portions.
  • the transition portion may comprise a smooth rounded tapered surface of reducing diameter.
  • the first cylindrical portion of the male connector component may be shorter along the insertion axis than the second cylindrical portion of the male connector component, such that the first cylindrical portion of the male connector component cannot be received into the first cylindrical portion of the female connector component until at least some of the second cylindrical portion of the male connector component has been received into the second cylindrical portion of the female connector component.
  • the first and second resilient peripheral seals may each comprise an O-ring seal.
  • the connector system may further include a latching mechanism for providing releasable locking engagement between first and second connector elements.
  • the first connector element may be a male connector component and the mating surface may comprise an external surface of the male connector component.
  • the mating surface may comprise a tapered mating surface.
  • the first cylindrical portion may have a diameter which is less than 75% of the diameter of the second cylindrical portion.
  • the first cylindrical portion may have a diameter which is about half the diameter of the second cylindrical portion or less.
  • the male connector component may comprise a distal end having a smooth rounded tapered surface of reducing diameter.
  • the first connector element may be a male connector component and the mating surface may comprise an external bore of the male connector component.
  • the present invention provides a connector system for coupling one fluid conduit to another fluid conduit comprising:
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective cross-sectional view of a connector system comprising a male connector component and a female connector component in mating engagement;
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective cross-sectional view of the connector system of FIG. 1 with the male and female connector components separated;
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the connector system of FIGS. 1 and 2 applied to a fuel cell system for delivery of hydrogen fuel.
  • FIG. 1 shows a connector system 1 for coupling one fluid conduit to another fluid conduit, comprising a female connector component 2 and a male connector component 3 .
  • the female connector component 2 includes a fluid conduit 2 a and the male connector component includes a fluid conduit 4 .
  • Each of these fluid conduits may be coupled to a fluid conduit of another assembly such as a flexible fluid pipe or fluid piping internal to some assembly in which the male and/or female connector component may reside.
  • the male and female connector components 2 , 3 both define an insertion axis 5 which is aligned with the direction of insertion and withdrawal of the male component 3 into/from the female component 2 .
  • the female connector component 2 comprises a mating surface 6 which is an internal bore of the component 2 .
  • the mating surface 6 includes a first cylindrical portion 8 and a second cylindrical portion 10 having different diameters.
  • the first cylindrical portion 8 incorporates a first resilient seal 7 which extends around the periphery of the mating surface 6
  • the second cylindrical portion 10 incorporates a second resilient seal 9 which extends around the periphery of the mating surface 6 .
  • the first and second peripheral seals 7 , 9 have different diameters (i.e. different circumferences) so as to accommodate the difference in diameters of the first and second cylindrical portions 8 , 10 .
  • the resilient seals may be O-ring seals.
  • the first and/or second peripheral seals 7 , 9 may lie partly within recesses within the mating surface 6 as shown so as to prevent movement of the seals in the direction of the insertion axis 5 .
  • the seals 7 , 9 may have any suitable cross-section for being retained on the mating surface 6 .
  • a suitable cross-section could be circular or of a ‘D’-profile or square profile for example.
  • a portion of the or each resilient seal 7 , 9 preferably lies slightly proud of the mating surface 6 to provide a compression portion which can be compressed against the male connector component 3 .
  • the mating surface 6 of the female connector component 2 includes a tapered and/or stepped profile 11 providing a transition portion between the first and second cylindrical portions 8 , 10 .
  • this transition portion includes no sharp edges by the use of smooth rounded tapering surfaces where the diameter reduces.
  • the male connector component 3 comprises a mating surface 26 which is an external surface of the male connector component 3 .
  • the mating surface 26 includes a first cylindrical portion 28 and a second cylindrical portion 30 having different diameters.
  • the first cylindrical portion 28 is configured to fit within the first cylindrical portion 8 of the female connector component 2 and to engage/compress the first resilient seal 7 therein.
  • the second cylindrical portion 30 is configured to fit within the second cylindrical portion 10 of the female connector component 2 and to engage/compress the second resilient seal 9 therein.
  • the mating surface 26 of the male connector component 3 includes a tapered and/or stepped profile 31 providing a transition portion between the first and second cylindrical portions 28 , 30 .
  • this transition portion includes no sharp edges by the use of smooth rounded tapering surfaces where the diameter reduces.
  • the male connector component 3 includes a bore 25 extending through the component to provide a fluid conduit through to the fluid conduit 2 a of the female connector component 2 .
  • a latching mechanism (not shown) may be provided for releasable locking engagement between the female and male connector components 2 , 3 .
  • a large number of suitable types of latching mechanisms can be envisaged, such as threaded collars, bayonet-type mechanisms, spring-loaded push-fit latches which may have spring release collars, or a simple friction-fit mechanism.
  • the male connector component 3 is inserted into the female connector component 2 along the insertion axis 5 .
  • the substantial difference in diameter of the two parts means that there is a low risk of the leading end 32 of the male connector component 3 scraping against the second peripheral seal 9 .
  • the leading edge of the transition portion profile 31 will ensure proper alignment of the axes of the two components 2 , 3 such that by the time the leading end 32 of the male connector component 3 reaches the first peripheral seal 7 , good alignment of the axes is assured and the first cylindrical portion 28 of the mating surface 26 is unlikely or unable to strike the first peripheral seal 7 other than in smooth sliding engagement. Risk of damage to the first peripheral seal is therefore unlikely or impossible.
  • a benefit of the dual diameter, dual seal arrangement is that any scraping action in an axial direction by an item inserted into the internal bore of the female connector component is unlikely or unable to cause a line of damage on both seals that extends along the insertion axis and thereby causing a pathway for leakage of fluid such as hydrogen along the axial direction and across both seals 7 and 9 .
  • the dual seal arrangement is more secure against common-mode failure.
  • a risk to existing connector systems can arise from damage caused to an external sealing surface of the male connector element, e.g. where the mating surface becomes scratched or dented, e.g. by incautious handling when it is not engaged with the female connector element. Then, burrs or roughened portions of the damaged mating surface may cause scratches or striations in O-ring seals when the male connector element is inserted into the female connector element by passing over the O-ring seal.
  • the arrangements as described above, e.g. as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 reduce this risk in at least two ways.
  • the first cylindrical portion 28 has a diameter which is less than 75% of the diameter of the second cylindrical portion 30 , and in a further preferred embodiment as illustrated in FIG. 1 , the first cylindrical portion has a diameter which is about half the diameter of the second cylindrical portion, or less than half.
  • a further feature for reducing the risk of damage to the first seal 7 is by making the first cylindrical portion 28 of the male connector component 3 shorter along the insertion axis 5 than the second cylindrical portion 30 . This ensures that the second cylindrical portion 30 forces good alignment of the male connector component 3 with the female connector component in advance of the first cylindrical portion 28 of the male connector component 3 entering the first cylindrical portion 8 of the female connector component 2 .
  • a stepped profile of mating surface having a transition portion 11 , 31 between first and second cylindrical portions could be replaced with a conical or more uniformly tapering mating surface along its entire axial length such that the two seals 7 , 9 have the required difference in diameter.
  • More than two seals 7 , 9 may be used at different axial positions along the mating surface 6 thereby further reducing the risk of leakage by accidental damage to seals.
  • the cylindrical portions may comprise profiles which are not strictly circular in cross-section, e.g. they could be many sided or circular with a non-circular portion if a ‘keyed’ profile is required to force a particular orientation (around the insertion axis 5 ) of mating of the components.
  • cylindrical portions of circular cross-section through the insertion axis may be optimal for general purpose.
  • circumferential seals 7 , 9 could instead or in addition be placed on the mating surface 26 of the male connector component 3 , though this may expose the seals to more likely damage at times when the connector components are disconnected from one another. Therefore, internal seals on the female connector component 2 are preferred.
  • the seals 7 , 9 are preferably, as shown, concentric about the insertion axis.
  • the seals 7 , 9 are preferably orthogonal to the insertion axis.
  • the connector components may be of any required size appropriate to the fluid flow application.
  • the connector system may be particularly useful where it is used in a ‘blind’ mating application, e.g. in a place relatively difficult for access so that a user cannot see well to align the male connector component.
  • a first seal could be placed on the male connector component and a second seal could be placed on the female component.
  • the dual concentric seal arrangement with the seals having different diameters can be maintained.
  • the connector system thereby has a male connector element with a mating surface extending around the insertion axis where the mating surface has a first cylindrical portion having a first diameter and a second cylindrical portion having a second diameter different from the first diameter, and the first cylindrical portion has a resilient peripheral seal extending around the mating surface.
  • the connector system also has a female connector element with a mating surface extending around an insertion axis of the female connector element, where the mating surface has a first cylindrical portion having a diameter corresponding to said first diameter and a second cylindrical portion corresponding to the second diameter, and the second cylindrical portion has a resilient peripheral seal extending around the mating surface.
  • the first and second diameter portions can be either way round, e.g. the larger diameter seal can be on the male or female connector element.
  • the connector system is particularly suited for use with electrochemical fuel cell systems, e.g. for delivery of hydrogen fuel to a fuel cell system for the generation of electrical power.
  • the female connector component 2 may comprise a connector element built into the housing of a fuel cell system 50 and the male connector component 3 may terminate a flexible pipe 51 coupled to and extending from a hydrogen storage vessel 52 for delivery of hydrogen fuel from the hydrogen storage vessel to the fuel cell system.
  • the female connector component 2 may comprise a connector element built into the housing of a hydrogen storage vessel 52 and the male connector component 3 may terminate a flexible pipe 51 coupled to and extending from a fuel cell system 50 for delivery of hydrogen fuel from the hydrogen storage vessel to the fuel cell system.
  • the male connector component 3 comprises a connector element built into the housing of a hydrogen storage vessel 52 and the female connector component 2 may terminate a flexible pipe 51 coupled to and extending from the fuel cell system 50 ( FIG. 3 c ); or the male connector component 3 may comprise a connector element built into the housing of the fuel cell system 50 and the female connector component 2 may terminate a flexible pipe 51 coupled to and extending from the hydrogen storage vessel 52 ( FIG. 3 d ).
  • the connector system may be implemented with both male and female connector components 2 , 3 respectively built into the housings of the hydrogen storage vessel and fuel cell system (or vice versa) such that they may plug into one another when the housings of the fuel cell system and the hydrogen storage vessel and are directly connected together, e.g. omitting the flexible pipe 51 .
  • the connector system may be implemented with both male or female connector components 2 , 3 built into the housings of the hydrogen storage vessel and the fuel cell system, and a free flexible connector pipe terminated at both ends by a respective, complementary male or female connector component.
  • the above arrangements may therefore be deployed to construct a fuel cell system having a first connector element having a mating surface extending around an insertion axis of the connector element, the mating surface incorporating first and second resilient peripheral seals extending around the mating surface, the first and second peripheral seals having different diameters and being separated along the insertion axis.
  • the above arrangements may also be deployed to construct a hydrogen storage vessel for delivery of hydrogen to an electrochemical fuel cell having a first connector element having a mating surface extending around an insertion axis of the connector element, the mating surface incorporating first and second resilient peripheral seals extending around the mating surface, the first and second peripheral seals having different diameters and being separated along the insertion axis.

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